Pros: Working with talented people and cutting-edge products. Lots of internal benefits.

Cons: Serious, hard-working environment. You are expected to finish certain tasks within the time period.

Pros: I love working for Apple. It's a great company.

Cons: Sometimes too big of a company.

Pros: As a contractor billing per hour, the pay is great when compared to employees doing similar work. Good, healthy food for low prices. The chance to work on really big things. Most managers don't bother you and let people do their job.

Cons: Like any big corp, there are lots of useless meetings, but nobody seems to have a problem when people just don't show up for these. Other Silicon Valley companies have free food and better drinks; Apple is kind of spartan in comparison. Contractors don't get many perks employees do get, like lunches and team trips. It makes you feel like upper management wants to create a divide between the two groups, although employees themselves don't act like that at all.